Revelation 14:4:7Rev.14.4.W7TAB
ἐμολύνθησαν
emolyunthêsan
“were defiled”
- Transliteration
- e-mo-LYUN-thê-san
- Extended
- eh-moh-LYUN-thê-sahn
- IPA
- /e.moˈlyn.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were defiled
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-mo-LYUN-thê-san
- sentence
hou-TOI EI-sin hoi me-TA gy-nai-KON ouk e-mo-LYUN-thê-san par-THE-noi gar EI-sin HOU-toi hoi a-ko-lou-THOUN-tes tôi ar-NI-ôi HO-pou an hy-PA-gêi HOU-toi ê-go-RAS-thê-san a-PO tôn an-THRÔ-pôn a-par-KHÊ tôi the-ÔI kai tôi ar-NI-ôi
Exegesis
The first relative clause introduced by hoi {οἳ | hoí} ‘who’ employs the aorist passive emolynthēsan {ἐμολύνθησαν | e-mo-lýn-thē-san} ‘were defiled’, negated by the particle ouk {οὐκ | ouk} ‘not’, and followed by the prepositional phrase meta gynaikōn {μετὰ γυναικῶν | me-tá gy-nai-kôn} ‘with women’ to assert completed purity, with gar {γάρ | gár} ‘for’ linking to parthenoi {παρθένοι | par-thé-noi} ‘virgins’ as their defining status.
In context — Revelation 14:4
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He may go. They have been redeemed from among humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb .
About this coordinate
Revelation 14:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Revelation 14:4, so the Greek word ἐμολύνθησαν (emolyunthêsan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.14.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.14.4.W7.S1) and character.